One on, one off

PUB. DATE

June 2011

SOURCE

Railway Gazette International;Jun2011, Vol. 167 Issue 6, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the construction of a railway that will link the planned iron ore mines at Simandou to a new port located in Matakang, Guinea, following the signing of a mining agreement of Rio Tinto's Simfer subsidiary with the government on April 22, 2011.

ACCESSION #

66751436

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